In Memory

Chad Allen Charlesworth

 

 

Photo of Viet Nan Veterans Memorial

Photo of Panel 13W.-.Line 53

 

CHAD ALLEN CHARLESWORTH

 
SGT - E5 - Army - Selective Service 
4th Infantry Division 

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jun 10, 1969
Casualty was on Feb 25, 1970
In BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
 
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09/17/10 10:55 AM #1    

Richard Ingles

Name:
Chad Allen Charlesworth
Birth Date:
5 Jan 1948
Gender:
Male
Home State:
California
Casualty Country:
Vietnam, Republic of
Casualty Category:
Battle Dead
Casualty Status:
Hostile Dead: Killed Out-right
Casualty Date:
25 Feb 1970
Cause Of Death:
Small Arms Fire
Report Date:
25 Feb 1970
Province:
Binh Dinh
Military Occupation:
Light Weapons Infantry (army)
Division:
4th Inf Div, 12th Regiment, 1st Battalion, D Company
Personnel Category:
US Marine Corps
Active Duty Army (Selective Service)
Rank:
Specialist Fourth Class
Awards/Decorations
Purple Heart (awarded posthumously)

Chad,
 
Thank you for giving the ultimate sacrifice for what you believed in.
 
We appreciate your service. 

09/23/10 08:46 AM #2    

Charlie Poulis

      Chad ! I've missed you all my life . You were a great guy and a great friend . I've always thought of you .   Charlie Poulis


11/04/10 05:28 PM #3    

Susan Hillard

Chad,

You were my next door neighbor for 5 years before we graduated and you went to Vietnam.  I remember it like it was yesterday - I was home from San Jose State for I believe it was Thanksgiving.  I was sitting at our kithcen table looking out on Pleasant Ave.  I saw the marked military car pull up in front of your house & about 3 minutes later, I heard the screams.  Because of this, I have been an advocate for non-violence my entire life.  As tragic as it is, you have inspired me to think out of the box & to always strive for peaceful resolutions.  I thank you for that Chad & I I know wherever you are, it is GOOD!

Susie (Hillard) Preissner


11/07/10 09:33 AM #4    

Sandy Eckels

Chad,

This is Sandy, I remember you, such a character with a sensitive side. I only wish some one could publish the poem you wrote to your mom I remember reading it in the OVN and the thought of it still gives me goosebumps. Gone but not forgotten.


12/17/10 05:31 PM #5    

Mitchael Breese (Breese)

 Chad, you were a great friend and so much fun to be around.  I think of you often and I will never forget you. I know you are in Gods' gracious hands, smile on Chad you were and are one of the best men I have ever known.  Your friend Mitch. 


12/18/10 12:30 PM #6    

John E. Dodd

 

 

Still remembered.

"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget." 

03/29/12 09:52 PM #7    

Pam Mageors (Townsend)

Chad,

 

So many years have passed.........I knew about your service and Vietnam and thank you for your sacrifice.  Y ou were always bigger than life at school.  After I won 1st runner up in Miss Ojai contest, I finally had the nerve to ask you to dance.  You turned me down.  Even though that crushed my fragile ego, I still thought you were bigger than life.  RIP Chad.


07/28/12 05:35 PM #8    

Bonnie Clouse

Chad, We became good friends even though I came to Nordhoff during the last part of the 11th grade. I've shared your story with many a friend and I'll never forget how caring a person you were when I need another friend. 

Thank you so much

Much Love

Bonnie Clouse York


11/21/15 11:42 AM #9    

Dianne Larson (Hicks)

Gone, but never forgotten.  I hope you are dancing in the skies...think of you so very often.  Best dance partner a girl could ever have...remember how we won first place so many times...

To think I saw you before you left for the second and last round of Viet Nam...to see everyone at your funeral...very sad.  Tears.  Have the rubbing from the WALL that I made of your name. Always wondered what if...


11/22/15 07:19 AM #10    

Stan Kidder

Chad and I were in the same Boy Scout troop. We climbed Mt. Whitney together at summer camp in, I think, 1963.
 


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